- a variation of Piraeus.
Peiraeus
Britishnoun
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Zog first arranged to travel by Soviet steamer from Istanbul direct to Marseille, stopping only at Peiraeus, Greece, and Alexandria, Egypt.
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From refugees, last week, came stories of the plight of those left behind: > As early as mid-September men and women fainting from hunger were a common sight in the streets of Athens, Salonika, Peiraeus.
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It is estimated that 40,000 people died of hunger in Athens and Peiraeus between last Oct.
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In Athens and Peiraeus alone, between 1,700 and 2,000 men, women & children are dying each day.
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But the guarantor powers carried out their obligations by promptly sending a combined naval expedition, which hauled down the Greek flag at Canea, and prevented the deputies from embarking for Peiraeus.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes
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